Top pick: #4 (TRUELEE SCRAPPIN) (5-2) - Once classier type is rounding into form after returning from an 18 month layoff on June 16. He finished second here at this tag & trip on Oct. 12th, and was claimed that day by Pete Miller. Barn brings him back quickly, at the purchase price, and adds blinkers. The horse to beat.
2nd pick: #3 (Smokin Cat) (8-1) - Price play pressed and weakened here facing a bit better on Oct. 11th, and was racing off 7 week freshening that day. He drops to a new low, is brought back quickly, and can impact at long odds.
3rd pick: #6 (Java Man) (9-5) - Lightly raced and fragile, he takes a big drop in price, and has fine early speed to utilize. Working fast, and it's Bejarano aboard for the first time.
4th pick: #5 (Tucker's Point) (4-1) - He's won three in a row after losing his first 15 times out, and runs first off a Tim Yakteen claim. Gelding handles real dirt and won here for $10K on Oct. 3rd. Stretch threat.